This picture above it Tom Sawyer whitewashing the fence in Chapter Two. He used Bargains to get other people to whitewash for him. Read the following quotes for examples:
"What do you call work?"
"Why, ain't that work?"
"Well, maybe it is, and maybe it ain't. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer."......
"...Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence everyday?"
"Say Tom, let me whitewash a little."
"No, no; I reckon it wouldn't hardly do, Ben."....
"Oh, shucks; I'll be just as careful. Now let me try. Say--I'll give you the core of my apple."
"Well, here. No, Ben ; now don't; I'm afeard--"
"I'll give you all of it!"
Soon after that, Ben was on his way, happy to have been able to whitewash. And Tom was just as happy because he had an apple. Tom kept on doing this with other boys that passed. It wasn't but a little over an hour later that Tom presented himself to Aunt Polly, claiming that he was done. Aunt Polly believed him, and told him that he really could do something if he put his mind to it! The target audience for Tom Sawyer is, once again, tween-adults.
Bailey's Tom Sawyer Propaganda
This picture above it Tom Sawyer whitewashing the fence in Chapter Two. He used Bargains to get other people to whitewash for him. Read the following quotes for examples:
"What do you call work?"
"Why, ain't that work?"
"Well, maybe it is, and maybe it ain't. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer."......
"...Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence everyday?"
"Say Tom, let me whitewash a little."
"No, no; I reckon it wouldn't hardly do, Ben."....
"Oh, shucks; I'll be just as careful. Now let me try. Say--I'll give you the core of my apple."
"Well, here. No, Ben ; now don't; I'm afeard--"
"I'll give you all of it!"
Soon after that, Ben was on his way, happy to have been able to whitewash. And Tom was just as happy because he had an apple. Tom kept on doing this with other boys that passed. It wasn't but a little over an hour later that Tom presented himself to Aunt Polly, claiming that he was done. Aunt Polly believed him, and told him that he really could do something if he put his mind to it! The target audience for Tom Sawyer is, once again, tween-adults.
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